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genetic disorder

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genetic disorder (plural genetic disorders)

  1. Any medical condition that is directly caused by an abnormality in the genes.
    • 1989, Octavia E. Butler, “Part III, Chapter 7”, in Imago, page 211:
      A female and two males, all young, all fertile, two afflicted with the genetic disorder.